If you're in the market for a phablet with an amazing selfie cam (God, I hate myself for using those terms), you'd better check out the Sony Xperia XA Ultra. The 16MP camera up front has a higher resolution than most smartphone rear-facing cameras do. Now, you can pick one up on Amazon for under $300 with a free 64GB Sony microSD card.

The XA Ultra (which I'll be referring to as the Ultra from now on) is a very strange Xperia. It's got a 6-inch 1080p display, almost no side bezels, a MediaTek processor, an OIS-equipped 16MP front-facing camera with flash, a 21MP rear-facing camera (with no OIS, oddly), a tiny 2700mAh battery, and no water resistance.

But if selfies are your life, the Ultra is probably one of the best phones you can get. You get nice, high-res photos with less blur and more functionality at night, and a huge display to view them on. In addition, you can use the included 64GB microSD card to store more of those magnificent pictures of yourself.

That's one tiny phone in the picture. How do you even put the memory card in it?

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I think you have them switched. /s

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Joshua Hill

If you're in the market for a tabone with an amazing front facing camera.

Fixed for you, didn't even have to grimace as I wrote those words ;)

Les Thompson

It's been marked down due to network issues and bugs plaging the device recently...it IS the ultimate selfie phone but not worth buying.

David Martrano

What a buy guaranteed to have many problems. Network & bugs for everyone! Thanks, Sony your the phone of my dreams!!!

jcopernicus

In Sony's Xperia, phone inserts into memory card.

Railwayman

Yes, it is a big 'macroSDXC' card, which doubles as an external display where you insert the device... It is a secret competitor to the Padfone.;)

Railwayman

I wouldn't recommend the XA Ultra, not even for this price. It offers 3 year old(!) performance similar to the original Z Ultra of 2013...

It is way better to look into modern phablets of 2016: Asus Zenfone 3 Ultra, Huawei Honor 8 Note, Lenovo Phab 2 Pro or Xiaomi Mi Max. All of them are serious upgrades from the XA Ultra.

Edit: You get a Mi Max 64 GB (has microSDXC card slot) for this amount of money and it is a way faster device than the XA Ultra (Snapdragon 652 is way faster than the MT in the Sony).

The XA Ultra is a MediaTek device so no Open Devices program here either. It is better to either take the step up to a Max or Honor 8 Note or aiming for a ZTE Axon 7 or OP3.

Sony managed to make one of the most underpowered devices for the price with this model, simply put.

Pat π

What's wrong with the words phablet and selfie? I mean I do hate the word selfie but I really don't see what's wrong with phablet. I love my still running strong Xperia Z Ultra best phone I ever bought hands down!